Female domination, or femdom, refers to BDSM activities where the dominant
partner is female. The female dominant party in female domination related
activities is sometimes called a dominatrix.

Naturally, female domination activities may draw on all areas of BDSM, but there
tends to be an association with radical feminism, whether seriously or
fantastically. This can lead to apparent paradoxes, such as the humiliation of
men by feminization, though it is readily resolved by seeing this as disclaiming
traditional gender associations, and transference of coded images of weakness
onto men. Strap-on dildo play plays a significant part in this as well. The
inverse of this is of course to glorify the feminine, for example in panty
fetishism and boot worship.

Erotic Female Domination and Humiliation

Similarly, erotic female domination and humiliation can focus on the inadequacy
of a male sub's penis (small penis humiliation), demoting it to a plaything for
the dominatrix, over which the male has no real control, as well as
tease and denial. Related female
domination activities include ballbusting, cock and ball torture (CBT), verbal
humiliation, forced chastity, and orgasm denial or orgasm control. Many
participants in this lifestyle conform to the Safe, sane and consensual model
prevalent in the BDSM Community.

Psychology of Humiliation

Humiliation in general touches strong emotional buttons, the more so when it
becomes sexualized. Because of this, consent and paradoxically a high degree of
awareness and communication is needed, to ensure that the result is desirable
rather than abusive. For example, a submissive male may enjoy being insulted in
some ways, but genuinely crushed and devastated if humiliated or insulted in
other ways.

Humiliation play is also connected to sexual fetishism, in that non-sexual
activities may become sexualized by association with arousal, and also may be
associated with exhibitionism in the sense of wanting others to witness (or
being aroused by others witnessing) ones sexual degradation.

For some people, activities such as name-calling are a way of achieving ego
reduction or getting over sexual inhibitions. For example, in female
dominations, terms usually associated with homophobia may be used to
submissives, such as "faggot".

As with all sexual activities, some people have sexual fantasies about
humiliation, and others actually undertake it as a lifestyle or in a scene.
Sexual fantasies of humiliation are very common, but for most people remain a
fantasy - they would have strong reservations about it being public, or engaged
in with a partner for real, however erotic the idea may be. Others do explore
humiliation with partners, and many people use online humiliation (where the
humiliator and others are involved via the internet using chat, email, websites,
etc.) as a compromise between exhibitionism and reality on the one hand, and
safety and anonymity on the other.

Asian Femdom - Asian Female Domination - This involves a female
domination scenario in which the dominatrix is an Asian. Most frequently,
it would be a Japanese femdom scene or a scene involving a Japanese dominatrix.

Russian Femdom - Russian Female Domination - This normally involves a
female domination scenario in which the dominatrix is from Russia. Several
websites are devoted exclusively to Russian dominatrices.

More intense and heavier female domination scenarios may involve facesitting or
smothering, which tend to focus on the sub giving the dominant female oral
pleasure, or the dominant female performing anal sex on the sub using a strap-on
dildo. Other forms of more intense female domination can include face slapping,
hair pulling, caning, heavy torture, dripping hot wax on the genitals and heavy
whipping. For these purposes, note the issue of legal consent which may or may
not represent a defense to criminal liability for any injuries caused.

In extreme scenarios, there is a focus on exchange of bodily fluids and total
forfeit of rights from the slave, and acts may involve spitting domination or
watersports (also known as golden shower).

A fairly common variation on this is a rape fantasy in which the female is the
dominant partner, or wrestling/fighting in which the female is stronger than the
male. These carry a similarity to forced feminization, where the sexual fantasy
takes on an intellectual/emotional component, with men either trying to, or
pretending to try to, take control, but failing.

Various components of female dominance in a relationship may include one or
more of a wide variety of components such as (to name just a few examples):